Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Gracillariidae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Phyllonorycter | |
Phyllonorycter suaveolentis is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is found in the mountains of Corsica.
The larvae feed on Alnus viridis suaveolens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They create a small, oval, lower-surface tentiform mine between two side veins. There are several folds which are very similar. The frass is deposited in two bands at either side of the cocoon.
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